Posterior fossa syndrome after a vermian stroke: A new case and review of the literature

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 386-395

  Baillieux, Hanne ^a   Weyns, Frank ^c   Paquier, Philippe ^a,b,d   De Deyn, Peter P ^e,f   Mariën, Peter ^a,e,f,g  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d Unit of Neurosciences   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^f ZNA Middelheim ^*  (Belgium)

^g MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cerebellar mutism; Posterior fossa syndrome; Vermis, arteriovenous malformation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSARTHRIA; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MUTISM; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STROKE; TRANSIENT CEREBELLAR MUTISM; VERMIS ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STROKE;

EID: 34548396776     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106388     Document Type: Article

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